The Colonial Williamsburg Mass
It's kind of amazing to find someone whom you disagree about everything , but Fr. Dwight Longenecker is coming rather close to that point for me. His recent post on Crux is less offensive than other things he has written , but I wanted to write about it because it hits a very specific pet peeve of mine. Here, Longenecker defends the "new" translation of the Catholic Mass that was imposed on the English speaking world five years ago. I should say two things before I get to the meat of my objection. First, Longenecker doesn't really defend the idea that the new translation is good because it is more like the Latin original, except for a throw away line about "accuracy and doctrinal faithfulness." That's another rant, and I would encourage you to check out Questions from a Ewe's blog where she breaks down the supposed "accuracy" of the new translation . The second point is that Longenecker suggests that this recent translation is what...